Rugendas, Juan Mauricio

Domingo De Oro (1800-1879) was born in San Juan, Argentina. He was the nephew of Bishop Santa Maria de Oro. He served as secretary to General Carlos Maria Alvear and as assistant to General Antonio Jose de Sucre. He was also a friend of General Lucio Mansilla of Entre Rios and General Estanislao Lopez of Santa Fe. They were all instrumental in Argentina's attempt to overtake Uruguay in the 1820s. Oro worked as a messenger for the administration of Juan Manuel de Rosas until a bitter conflict arose between the two men. Exiled from Argentina, Oro lived in Chile and Bolivia until the end of Rosas' rule in 1852.

Juan Gualberto Godoy (1793-1864) was born in Mendoza, Argentina. He was one of the first poets to introduce the poetry of "los payadores" to literature. "Los payadores" were minstrels who roamed the pampas, singing and playing guitars.

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